Sweet slice-of-life love story: Wife, Let's love again
Chapter 262 - 258: The Sky is the Blue of the Ocean

Chapter 262: Chapter 258: The Sky is the Blue of the Ocean

The night passed quietly.

When the fragmented sunlight filtered through the curtain gaps and fell on Qin Guanglin’s face, he woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling for a moment, then turned his head and gently kissed He Fang on the forehead before climbing out of bed.

Whoosh!

He yanked the curtains open, and golden morning light spilled into the room. He Fang opened her eyes and saw the naked man standing by the window, stretching lazily in the morning sun.

"So early in the morning, aren’t you ashamed?"

She rubbed her eyes and turned over, planning to lie down for a little longer.

"There’s no one watching, it’s all sea outside." Qin Guanglin stretched his body cheerfully and couldn’t resist reciting a poem, "Oh ocean, you are full of water..."

"Shut up, be quiet!"

A pillow came flying at him, which Qin Guanglin caught with his hand, and then he padded barefoot towards her and dived into her arms, causing a ruckus.

"Time to get up, let’s go out for a stroll. Look how blue the sea is, you can’t see the edges; take a quick look."

"Nonsense, if you could see the edges, it wouldn’t be called the sea." He Fang pushed him impatiently, "Order breakfast, we’ll go out after eating."

"Can’t we eat out instead?"

"I want to eat lying in bed."

"You really need to break this bad habit of always wanting to eat in bed." Qin Guanglin muttered as he got up to find the room service menu, "Who lies in bed all day..."

"Isn’t it because you spoil me?"

"..."

Thinking about it, it was indeed true. Before He Fang found a job last year, he used to bring breakfast right to her mouth every day.

"Call me daddy."

"Get lost."

The hotel’s room service was excellent, a phone call away, and about ten minutes later, the food was already outside their door—it probably helped that their order was simple; two bowls of shrimp porridge, five buns, and a side dish.

"Open up, ah~" Qin Guanglin sat by the bed, spoon-feeding He Fang.

Might as well spoil her, she’s my wife. If I don’t, who will?

Spoil her to be completely useless, then she won’t even be able to run away, firmly tied by my side.

Lazy He Fang wriggled a bit on the bed, propped herself up half-leaning against the headboard, opened her mouth wide and swallowed the porridge, then closed her eyes, lifted her head, and let out a contented sigh.

"Husband."

"Hmm?"

"I love you."

"Ha, keep going." Qin Guanglin scooped another spoonful of porridge, gently blowing on it, "It’s good your father-in-law isn’t here, if he saw this, he’d promptly send you to my place without even asking for a bride price."

He Fang leaned lazily against the headboard, smiling with her eyes half-closed, "I feel like a princess right now."

"Here, open up... So am I the prince?"

"No, you’re the guard, the unique royal guard, super impressive."

"Why can’t I be the prince?"

"Prince is supposed to become the king, and after becoming king, he has to marry a bunch of wives, but you belong only to me." He Fang shook her head, a bit smug, "Kiss me."

"Let’s finish eating then kiss."

"No, right now, kiss me."

"You..."

"Hurry up!"

The porridge, half-drunk, was left on the bedside table, cooling down from hot to warm, and from warm to cold.

An hour later, Qin Guanglin finally picked it up again, "You still want to eat?"

"Not eating... It must have cooled down, right?"

"It’s all your fault." Qin Guanglin tasted it. The surface was quite cool, but there was still a hint of warmth inside. He decisively gobbled down the two bowls of porridge along with the buns to replenish his energy.

Seeing He Fang nestled lazily inside the blanket and unwilling to move, he didn’t urge her to go out until lunchtime when they got dressed and went out to eat together.

Women, all demons.

Qin Guanglin morosely ate a large plate of oysters, each burp carrying a touch of garlic flavor.

"What are you looking at?" He Fang asked when she noticed him staring at her strangely. She couldn’t help but touch her face.

"I remember something you once said. It’s truly a profound truth."

"What?"

"The essence of couples going out together is to switch places to kiss and cuddle."

...

The golden coastline stretched over twenty kilometers, far beyond sight. Though it was peak tourist season with a lot of people out, it didn’t feel crowded.

He Fang, in a long white dress with a wide-brimmed hat that Qin Guanglin had just bought, walked barefoot on the beach. The soft sand felt soothing beneath her feet as she grabbed Qin Guanglin’s hand and strolled slowly along the shore.

The sand on Green Island’s beach was as fine as powder. Grabbing a handful and letting it go, there was no trace of dirt left on her hands. The fine sand’s friction against the soles of her feet was quite comfortable.

"It’s good I’ve been working out for the past six months; otherwise, I’d be scared to show off my body." Qin Guanglin, bare-chested and wearing big shorts, flexed his muscles for He Fang.

"How about it? Do I look like a pretty stylish guy?"

"Too pale, not really," He Fang chuckled and shook her head.

"That’s why I want to get tanned. I wonder if playing here for a few days will have any effect... Make sure you apply your sunscreen well; I’ll get dark, but you need to stay fair and tender."

Qin Guanglin, who usually stayed holed up in the office and traveled by car, was indeed quite pale and had intended to tan a bit.

Hmm, most men have such ordinary dreams.

"When I was a kid, I read about ’riding the waves’ in my Chinese textbook. I’ve always dreamt of seeing what the ocean is like, rolling on the beach, playing in the waves, building sandcastles..."

Facing the sea breeze, Qin Guanglin, holding He Fang’s hand walking along the shoreline, turned his head and looked out at the sea, slowly saying, "Back then by the Luo River, where I couldn’t see the end, I thought the sea would be somewhat similar. Then I gradually forgot about it, but walking here reminded me I had this dream."

He turned and smiled at He Fang, asking, "Is that text still in the primary school textbooks?"

"I teach second grade, and it’s not there. Nor in third grade," He Fang recalled. "There are texts about the ocean, but nothing about riding the waves."

"What a pity."

Qin Guanglin shook his head, sighing, "Seeing it now, the ocean really isn’t the same as a river, it’s vast."

"No kidding."

Looking out, the wide expanse where the blue sky melded seamlessly with the sea at a distant horizon, sea waves unfolded under the sunlight, glittering golden.

"Let’s go, let’s ride the waves." He pulled He Fang towards the sea.

"How do you ride them?"

"Just wait for a wave, jump on it right as it comes, and if you time it right... I forgot the rest, but I remember reading the text and longing for it, saying it’s like being lifted on cotton, it became my obsession, on my mind for over a decade."

As the waves rolled toward the shore, He Fang, lifting her dress, stepped into the water, feeling its refreshing touch and watching Qin Guanglin splash frantically, unable to resist laughing.

"Did you step on it?"

"No..."

Qin Guanglin, with bare feet, stomped around in the water, turning back to see He Fang. With her back to the beach, wearing a large-brimmed straw hat, a breeze lifted a strand of her hair by her ear as she laughed, one hand hooking the hair strand behind her ear.

The sunlight draped her white dress in a golden glow.

"What are you looking at?" He Fang saw him staring blankly, cocking her head to ask.

"Nothing... nothing."

He heard his own heart thumping away.